Breakthrough Sleep Drug May Have Fewer Side Effects

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... I ... on the horizon as a potential boon for people who suffer from insomnia but questions remain about side effects Joinus now on Lunch Break is Christopher Weaver ... is one of the Wall Street Journal's tell reporters that has been falling this very interesting Chris ... I was just the basics what in the new drug ... and what specifically is different about it and drives like say can be and that we are now ... right so pretty much every scene from that was successful for ... great works in this in an ancient mechanism to slink out ... basically it's out ... of ... that and it's the government's up there and essentially had to rein in your brain drain essentially proceed to sleep by shedding stuff now I've ... spent disconnects your brain a little bit brighter overwhelm a right to bring ... me the admin slows it down menu and careful often to sleep read ... that the sports almost the opposite way this is a much newer discovery from recent snowy manias and actually interferes with and ... a newly discovered chemical ... that makes you over to its ... incentive incentive and distance lead by a slowing you down its business suite By blocking the chemicals in your brain that keep you away and is drawn from our what's it called its consumer experts that out it's not alright side effects of it came from this film there still could be summoned ... by the FDA looking into this what are they concerned about about this new drugs over the last few years the FTA had become increasingly concerned about him in and out the dried straight the older generation because people kept getting up in the middle of the night pride in ... being trounced the next thing on the window where ... the concerned about the same things with a strike even dollar works quite different lane ... and the reason is that like Wall St writes ... if the intended effect that the drug is to make you drowsy it also carries the rest of the side effect will buy a trustee ... this is the big question for all the sweet dogs and in this the very serious problem about a quarter of Americans as you've reported suffer from insomnia ... we have insomnia triples and your relationships your work life but it's it's a pretty serious thing to not sleep ... but at the end of the day ... are these pills for the short term or long term solution if you're on any of these long enough ... here they are to be side effects at some point ... probably what was a long term solutions that researchers are working on this well the hope this this over Wrexham will be a longer term solutions in the year-earlier trunks net the side effects will ultimately be shown to be fewer ... op ... most sleep specialists though would recommend some kind of cognitive behavioral therapy this can be anything from a set of ... tactics to deal with the anxiety of another sleepless night read out war or even so the simple activities like reading the dictionary before you go to bed some in United etymology ... yet but you should do the right yet ... I should try that tonight other also things like in a baking sheet on how often they thinking ... when you eat the bread and so the pieces sleep hygiene caught that are ever the drugs are not going away anytime soon the snow in some markets or decals that